Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Braley Building (later the Hibernian Building), 4th Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1900-1903. The first skyscraper in Los Angeles. The 12-story brick and stone building towers above the street and other buildings in the background below. Four horse-drawn wagons, numerous bicycles, and small groups of pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk and street below. Electric wires criss-cross the street for the use of streetcars (not visible). Legible signs include: "Brooks & Ferguson, architect", "Davies Lumber Co.", "Dr. Ayington[?], physician & surgeon", "Nevada Keystone Mining Co.", ..."& Long, [...] insurance, notary public", ..."& Long, real estate and mines", "Dr. C.W. [...], surgeon", "Burbank & Baker, real estate, stocks, bonds", "Burbank & Baker, Huntington Park", "Burbank & Baker, Hermosa Beach", ..."ampico Sugar Co., home office", "Southern California Savings Bank".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 22 x 17 cm., 25 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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